More about the interim manager
The interim manager specializes in logistics in retail and e-commerce. He has worked as a logistics professional in various national and international management roles. He is characterized by a pronounced end-to-end thinking along the value chain. As an expert in multi-channel retail processes and with a doctorate in business informatics, he combines views of the flow of goods and processes with controlling information technology. His specialty is complex projects, which he knows how to structure and implement. Major restructuring programs, such as "SCE Excellence" for the Media-Saturn Group, bear his signature.
The interim manager has a conceptual, strategic perspective - paired with the ability to implement the findings operationally with a hands-on, doer mentality. He benefits from his special ability to structure even very complex projects and make them manageable in a systematic way. This makes his projects manageable for everyone involved and he succeeds in getting the team behind the project or program. The visions he develops with the team make it manageable for both the project team and top management.
In addition, the interim manager is a charismatic personality with leadership skills. This makes him a motivating and inspiring leader.
The main areas of expertise are the development of logistics strategies and perspective target images as well as their implementation in roadmaps and their resolution in projects and programs along the supply chain. The optimization of existing logistics structures and the development of effective logistics structures including staffing and team building are further focal points.
He also focuses on the digital transformation along the supply chain and the introduction of IT solutions in the logistics environment (including merchandise management, ERP systems, routing software, order management, etc.)
The interim manager studied business administration in Nuremberg and Cologne and then completed a doctorate in business informatics. This was followed by management roles in logistics at Kaufhof AG, LeShop.de, Karstadt Warenhaus, KarstadtQuelle International, KarstadtQuelle Group Purchasing, Media-Saturn and AO.de. In summer 2020, he took the step into self-employment with consulting projects and interim activities.
The manager regularly publishes specialist articles on current topics in well-known media, including the specialist lecture "Shaping the last mile" at the Log2017 retail logistics congress in Cologne in 2017, then in 2018 the specialist article "Trends in retail logistics", published in LOGISTIK HEUTE, followed by the specialist article "Digitalization in logistics", published in LOGISTIK FÜR UNTERNEHMEN. this was followed in 2020 by the specialist article "Logistics strategy in disruption" on INGENIEUR.DE
